Altum Legal

Raising capital is one of the most consequential things you’ll do as a founder. Angel rounds, SAFEs, convertible notes, and venture financings all shape ownership, control, governance, and your options down the line. Altum has guided founders through hundreds of angel and venture rounds. We bring deep experience across fundraising methods to help you navigate the process, stay compliant, and structure financings that match your business goals instead of just accepting whatever term sheet is on the table.

What We Do:

High-level strategy on fundraising approach, including choice among SAFEs, convertible notes, priced equity, and hybrid or bespoke structures common in frontier-tech deals, in light of your goals, timeline, and investor landscape.
Review, negotiation, and adaptation of term sheets and definitive documents for angel, seed, and venture rounds (including equity documents, SAFEs, convertible notes, and side letters).
Cap table and ownership analysis, including modeling of different structures and terms so you can see their impact on founders, employees, and earlier investors over time.
Guidance on board composition, voting arrangements, protective provisions, information rights, pro rata rights, and other investor protections so they align with your strategy and stage.
Coordination of the new financing with existing obligations (convertible instruments, prior rounds, option plans, and major commercial commitments).
Securities law and compliance guidance for private offerings, including working within applicable exemptions, accredited investor considerations, documentation, and closing mechanics, with specialist input where deeper analysis is needed.
Assistance with follow-on matters like extended or rolling closes, additional tranches, and post-closing clean-up so the round remains coherent.

Benefits:

You understand the real trade-offs in valuation, dilution, and control instead of negotiating in the dark.
Your financing documents are consistent, clean, and aligned with current and future rounds, making follow-on financings easier to execute.
Board rights, investor protections, and information rights are calibrated to your stage and strategy, not over-granted by default.
You choose among SAFEs, convertible notes, priced equity, and hybrid structures with a clear view of how each affects your cap table, runway, and next raise.
Your process is organized and efficient because expectations, documents, and compliance steps are handled deliberately.
Investors see a company that is well-counseled and prepared, which improves both the quality of dialogue and the transaction outcome.

Raise capital on terms that fit your company and your plan.

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